Chapter 556 Vietnamese Gallic Chicken
The Japanese planes that bombed Ruili were flying from the southwest, and Gao Jiu guessed that they should have taken off from Hanoi, Vietnam.
Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the Military Command headquarters to provide relevant information.
The information from the Military Control Commission was quickly transmitted back, proving Gao Jiu's speculation.
Since France surrendered, the French Vichy government has also joined the Axis powers. The Japanese have stationed the Ninth Air Force in Hanoi, with their main task being to bomb the Yunnan-Burma Highway.
This time, Gao Jiu not only hated the Japanese, but also hated the surrendered French traitors. The batch of supplies Xiao Yatong ordered for him had been detained in Saigon, but he had not settled the accounts with the French. Now it is a new revenge and an old hatred. Gao Jiu wants to ask them for it together.
After attending the memorial service of the victims of the Institute, Gao Jiu took Wang Zhankui, Tian Chuan, Ning Wen, Ning Wu and 150 special forces members to Wenshan and entered Vietnam from there.
Gao Jiu and others walked south along the Panlong River Valley. At a fork in the foot of Mashan outside Gaoping, they saw a French checkpoint, with about a squad of French soldiers inside.
Gao Jiu asked Tianchuan to lead the sniper team to kill this group of French soldiers.
When Tianchuan and others just arrived more than 200 meters away from the checkpoint, gunshots suddenly sounded opposite each other, and a group of gunmen appeared in the distance, fighting with the French.
The French soldiers quickly entered the position, and several French soldiers set up machine guns and fired at the opposite side.
Tianchuan and others quickly approached the enemy and launched an attack on the French soldiers from behind.
There were only a dozen French soldiers in total, which was not enough for Tian Chuan and others to get stuck in the teeth. The battle ended quickly and the battlefield became quiet.
Before leaving, Gao Jiu had sent a telegram to the underground party, asking them to contact the Vietnamese underground party and sent local guerrillas to cooperate with Gao Jiu's special forces. The people in front of him should be the Vietnamese guerrillas who came to pick up the special forces.
The guerrillas on the opposite side are basically certain that the one who helped them eliminate the French just now should be the Taohuashan guerrillas from China who were going to respond. However, they were very careful and worried that there would be misunderstandings, so they hid there and waited until they confirmed it.
Gao Jiu came to the opposite side of those people and shouted, "Is the person on the opposite side a guerrilla team from the Vietnamese underground party? We are the Taohuashan guerrilla team from China. I am the guerrilla team leader Gao Jiu, please come over."
Perhaps because they had suffered losses before, the person on the other side was still hesitating and staying there without any movement.
Only Gao Jiu knew Vietnamese in the Taohuashan Special Forces, so he could only contact them by himself, so Gao Jiu stood up.
Wang Zhankui was worried that he was in danger, so he hurriedly hugged him and prevented him from standing out. He said worriedly: "Master Jiu, you can't take risks."
Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others also disagreed with Gao Jiu's adventure.
The two sides could not continue to be in such a stalemate. After thinking about it carefully, Gao Jiu came up with a solution.
"Arise, the slaves who are hungry and cold. Arise, the suffering people all over the world are full of passion and are about to fight for the truth."
Gao Jiu sang "Internationale" loudly in Vietnamese.
Sure enough, the other side also sang "Internationale", and then a group of guerrillas stood up.
The Taohua Mountain guerrillas all carried guns on their bodies and lined up toward them.
These people were indeed here to pick them up, the guerrillas of the Vietnamese underground party. They were underground parties in northern Vietnam who came to pick up Gao Jiu and others.
The guerrillas who appeared in front of Gao Jiu and others were all dark-skinned and thin, but they all looked very capable. There were more than 60 guerrillas, and their equipment was very backward. More than 20 guerrillas had no guns and held bamboo guns made of bamboo.
When they saw the well-equipped Taohua Mountain guerrillas, their eyes were full of envy. Especially when they saw their colorful camouflage uniforms, they felt very curious.
As he was going to enter the jungle area to fight, Gao Jiu personally designed and customized a batch of camouflage uniforms.
The captain of this guerrilla team is Li Ganhong. He is 27 or 28 years old, has big eyes and a strong figure among the guerrillas. He greeted Gao Jiu and others enthusiastically.
Gao Jiu and others had already made preparations before they came. They took out 5,000 francs, 100 rifles and 20,000 bullets that had been replaced in advance and gave them to these guerrillas.
The guerrillas got the brand new rifle and were extremely excited.
Seeing that they were so happy, Gao Jiu was simply more generous and gave them two light machine guns and 10,000 bullets.
Not only that, Gao Jiu also gave them all the equipment from the French.
Now, the atmosphere was completely up. The guerrillas smiled and became more and more intimate with Gao Jiu and others. They took out the best food they could produce to entertain Gao Jiu and others.
Li Ganhong and the guerrillas lived in remote jungles all year round. They didn't know much about Gao Jiu and Taohuashan guerrillas. They just heard their superiors introduce them when they accepted the task assigned by their superiors. He really didn't expect that there was such a powerful person.
The battle just now left a deep impression on them. There were so many of them who had just tied with the French. They came over and got two out of five and directly solved the battle.
Gao Jiu was very impressed by his ability to speak fluent Vietnamese.
Soon after, two guerrillas arrived outside Gaoping City.
The French colonists were very cruel, and Li Ganhong and the guerrillas hated them to the core. They fought many wars with the French, but their equipment was backward and the team lacked formal training. Although they had killed many French people, they did not gain much advantage. Li Ganhong was already the third captain of this guerrilla team, and the first two captains died in the battle.
Li Ganhong hopes that Gao Jiu and others can help them fight against the French in the city. He also wants to give it a try, is this legendary figure and his special forces team really as magical as the legendary one?
Li Ganhong said: "Mr. Gao, there is a battalion of French people stationed in Gaoping City. I wonder if you dare to fight a war with them?"
They hoped that Gao Jiu and others could attack the French in Gaoping City, and they used the provocation method as soon as they came up.
Gao Jiu was originally going to test the results of the special forces' combat training in the Southeast Asian climate, so he naturally would not miss this opportunity.
He nodded and said, "Then let's fight and destroy the French in Gaoping City."
Gao Jiu asked Li Ganhong to introduce the French troops and combat characteristics in detail, and then formulated combat deployments with Li Ganhong.
At noon that day, at the east gate of Gaoping City, four French soldiers were exchanging guards. Suddenly, a burst of gunfire came over. Two French soldiers were shot and fell to the ground on the spot. Then a group of Vietnamese guerrillas appeared in the suburbs. They shot here and rushed towards the city gate.
The French soldiers had fought with the guerrillas here countless times, and knew that these guerrillas were coming to the door to pick up cheap things and wanted to grab the weapons from the sentry. They immediately fought back against the guerrillas and wanted to kill them away.
Unexpectedly, this time, these guerrillas became elites and did not run away. They were still firing fires. Their equipment seemed to be a little better, and there was a light machine gun.
The French have been trying to destroy this guerrilla team for a long time. Since they have been delivered to them, the French do not want to miss this opportunity.
The French battalion commander personally led the troops of two companies to rush out of Gaoping City. This time they were going to defeat the guerrillas in one fell swoop.
French soldiers pay great attention to appearance. Their military uniforms are bright in color and the cuffs are embroidered with red hope. These guys are usually arrogant, like Gaul chickens walking with their necks raised.
The guerrillas were a little panicked as they watched so many French people coming, and they fought and ran.
The French soldiers were tall and big, and they ran very quickly. Soon after, they narrowed their distance with the guerrillas.
Vietnam has fertile land, moist climate and lush vegetation. Although there are no tall trees here, there are grass and dense bushes everywhere.
Gao Jiu and others were wearing camouflage uniforms and hid in the grass on both sides of the road. Although they were only a few dozen meters away from the road, it was difficult to find them from the road.
The French battalion commander and his soldiers were chasing him, and gunshots suddenly sounded on both sides of the road. The French battalion commander and several officers were shot dead by Gao Jiu and the snipers of the special forces team immediately.
Then, more than 20 light machine guns spit out flames, and the sniper rifles of other guerrillas were also fatal.
The French had been killed more than half of them before they could react.
The French soldiers were still very combat-effective. After being attacked, although they lost their command, they began to organize counterattacks under the command of subordinate officers.
The special forces members' shooting skills were really accurate. The French soldiers had no chance to set up machine guns and platoons, and were killed one by one.
The special forces members did not charge, but only used firepower to strike, and the French soldiers were killed one by one.
Some of the remaining French soldiers wanted to hide in the vegetation on both sides of the road, but the road was surrounded by special forces, and they were knocked to the ground before they could run into the bushes.
A small number of Frenchmen ran into the bushes, but the color of their military uniforms was very fresh, and they were the living targets of the special forces.
The battle lasted less than five minutes, and most of the more than 200 French soldiers were shot dead, leaving only a dozen French soldiers kneeling on the road to surrender, and survived by chance.
The Vietnamese guerrillas in the distance were stunned when they saw this wonderful scene. They watched there in a daze, and even forgot to come to participate in the battle, or they didn't have time to participate in the battle, and the battle was over.
Seeing the special forces members walking on the road, Li Ganhong and others hurried back.
When they saw the bodies of hundreds of French people, and the special forces under Gao Jiu's army were not injured or killed, they really believed what their superiors told them, the power of the Taohuashan guerrillas.
Looking at the French abandoned weapons and equipment all over the place, the Li Ganhong people were very jealous. But they were very self-conscious that these French people were killed by them, and they were embarrassed to pick up those weapons.
Gao Jiu smiled and said, "These weapons and ammunition are all yours. Hurry up and clean the battlefield!"
Li Ganhong and the guerrillas were waiting for this sentence. Everyone cheered and rushed to pick up the weapons and equipment discarded by the French.
Not long after, Gao Jiu and others returned to the outside of Gaoping City together with the Vietnamese guerrillas.
Li Ganhong said: "Captain Gao, the main force of the French have been knocked out. There are less than 100 Frenchmen in the city. Let's attack directly."
At this time, Gao Jiu had a new idea, and he said: "Bring those French prisoners here."
More than twenty French prisoners were brought over, including one of them, a lieutenant officer.
Gao Jiu said kindly: "Now that you France has surrendered to Germany, the Vichy government is a puppet regime, and you don't have to work hard for them.
Germany will sooner or later fail, and now you General Daigaole has established a free French government. You can join them to fight for France's freedom and honor, and there is no need to die in a distant foreign land."
Gao Jiu was right. Since France surrendered to Germany, the French army in overseas colonies did not recognize the puppet regime supported by the Germans. They are now wandering abroad and no longer have the belief to fight for their country and their morale is very low.
After hearing Gao Jiu's words, the French soldiers were silent one by one, and they were still unable to make up their minds what to do.
Gao Jiu said: "You have also seen the battle just now. There are not many people left in your city now. If we attack hard, we can completely destroy them.
But like you, they do not need to take their own lives for a puppet regime.
If you can persuade them to surrender, I can guarantee the safety of your lives and property and send you to where you want to go."
The French also respected heroes. Faced with such powerful opponents, these French soldiers were convinced. When they heard that Gao Jiu was willing to give them a way out, they decided to follow Gao Jiu's opinion.
The lieutenant officer said, "As long as you believe in your words, I will persuade them to come out and surrender."
Gao Jiu said, "Don't worry, I'll keep my word."
The lieutenant officer shouted to the French position: "I am Paulus, the lieutenant platoon commander of the Third Company, don't shoot! I want to see the deputy battalion commander."
As he said that, he raised his hands and walked towards the French army.
The French did not shoot, and let him enter the position.
Half an hour later, the lieutenant platoon leader came back and brought a French major. The French major was the deputy battalion commander of the battalion. He heard that the battalion commander and their main force had been wiped out, and felt that the enemy outside was too powerful. Under Russia's persuasion, he decided to surrender to Gao Jiu.
Gao Jiu was indeed trustworthy, but he just disarmed the French and placed them under house arrest in a yard, did not plunder their personal belongings, and ensured their supplies.
After capturing Gaoping City, the head of the underground party in the North District of the Communist Party of Vietnam who received the news rushed over and brought several other nearby guerrillas. They hoped to follow Gao Jiu's guerrillas to fight several battles so as to enhance the combat experience of these guerrillas, seize more equipment, and enable them to grow up as soon as possible.
Gao Jiu gave all the equipment hoarded by the French in the entire Gaoping City to the underground party of the Vietnamese Communist Party. The person in charge of the underground party was very happy and said that they would cooperate with Gao Jiu and the Taohuashan Special Forces and temporarily accept Gao Jiu's command.
Not long after, Gao Jiu and others went to Nanwa City. At this time, the Vietnamese guerrillas following the Taohuashan guerrillas were already more than 500 guerrillas with all French equipment.
The French army in Nanwa City has a regiment headquarters, a machine gun company, an artillery company, other direct teams, and an infantry battalion with a total force of 920 people.
The regiment leader Luca is 38 years old and comes from a French nobleman. He graduated from the Paris Military Academy in France. He is a very outstanding soldier.
He had received a report that Gaoping City was beaten down by Vietnamese underground guerrillas. His first feeling was that he did not believe it.
Chapter completed!